Palestinian boy Mohammed Abu Khdeir was burned alive, says official

Mohammed al-A'wewy, attorney general for Palestine, makes claims as violence continues in West Bank and East Jeruslaem



Mohamed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teenager who was kidnapped and murdered on Wednesday in a suspected revenge killing by Israeli extremists, was burned alive after suffering a head injury, the Palestinian attorney general has claimed

The allegation is said to be based on initial postmortem findings that discovered soot deposits in his lungs suggesting he was still breathing when he was set on fire. The shocking details, if confirmed, would seem likely to exacerbate already toxic tensions.

The reports emerged as Egypt tried to conclude a ceasefire deal between Hamas in Gaza and Israel. But it appeared not to have taken hold, with fresh reports of rocket fire into Israel from the coastal strip.

The murder of 17-year-old Khdeir, who was buried on Friday in a highly charged funeral after his abduction outside a mosque next to his home in the early hours of Wednesday morning, has prompted days of serious rioting in Palestinian neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem, which then spread to Israeli-Arab towns.

"The direct cause of death was burns as a result of fire and its complications," attorney general Mohammed al-A'wewy told the Palestinian official news agency, Wafa, late on Friday. Israeli officials have yet to release their findings from the postmortem on the body.

Tensions have risen after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped on 12 June and later found dead in the occupied West Bank. That has been followed by an outbreak of racist incitement on Israeli social media sites, street attacks and Khdeir's murder, a suspected revenge attack.

Saber al-Aloul, director of the Palestinian forensic institute, attended the postmortem carried out by Israeli doctors in Tel Aviv. A'wewy said Aloul had reported that fire-dust material had been found in Khdeir's respiratory canal, which meant "the boy had inhaled this material while he was burned alive". Burns covered 90% of his body.

The discovery of the youth's body in a forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem has prompted the worst riots in the holy city in recent memory. The violence spread to northern Arab towns on Saturday morning, an Israeli police spokeswoman, Luba Samri, said. Protesters there threw stones at passing cars, burned tyres and hurled fire bombs at police, who responded with teargas and stun grenades. More than 20 people were arrested.

At Khdeir's funeral, furious Palestinians chanted "Intifada! Intifada!", calling for a new uprising against Israel. They clashed with Israeli police in one of the most highly charged displays of enmity in Jerusalem in years.

Palestinian officials trying to calm tensions have said they would prevent any intifada, or uprising, and seek a solution to the crisis that began when the three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped.

The discovery of the young Israelis' bodies on Monday prompted an outpouring of national grief in Israel.

In a separate incident, it was claimed by relatives that Abu Khdeir's 15-year-old cousin, Tariq, a US citizen who goes to school in Florida, was beaten by police during clashes on Thursday ahead of the funeral. His parents, Suha and Salah, said Tariq was detained but had been treated at an Israeli hospital. The US State Department said it was "profoundly troubled" by the reports and demanded an urgent investigation.



Samri said Tariq had attacked police and resisted arrest. He was detained with a slingshot in his possession used to hurl stones at police, along with six other protesters, including some armed with knives, she said. Tariq's father said he witnessed his son's arrest and insisted that the boy was not involved in the violence, adding that several officers were hurt in that specific protest, one of many that day

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/05/palestinian-boy-mohammed-abu-khdeir-burned-alive

Do you know what is sad about this crime, that not only has this poor boy died, but everyone has forgotten about the poor 3 Israeli teens that died also.
It shows what is wrong with the hate from both sides, how constant blaiming will never solve any of the problems, only reconcilliation will

I think if you read the thread about the three Israeli boy's, no-one has forgotten them.

Well all we are reading about is about the Palestinian boy dying and the aftermath of rioting and his funeral, check out every news channel or media, because that is the reality of where hate and vengeance lead to.

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Yep sums it up, I want peace and reconciliation, those on each side that wish to blame continue the conflict

I prefer justice.

Sassy wrote:I prefer justice.

Really, that is why you will never then understand what peace and harmony is then!

Justice or revenge, just brings about a continuation of hate, why you will never learn

Justice, for both sides, without which there can never be peace. Thats what you never learn.

So by justice an Englishman would be justified to kill an Irishman based off crimes done by others?

Wrong hence why you will never learn, reconciliation is the key and not vengeance, that has been done for 60 years and many have died over that poor philosophy

No Didge, justice is when a crime happens and the criminal is punished, not when a crime is followed by another crime. Many, many Palestians just tending their field have been shot and killed and the those who killed them have been just let off, or it has not even been investigated. 4 year old children have been shot buying sweets by soldiers and it has not been investigated and that is just the tip of the iceberg.

When the killing of Palestinians is taken seriously and punished by the Israeli courts, then Palestinians will know there is justice. When an Israeli soldier deliberately crushed a US volunteer with a digger the Israeli courts let him off. For one side there is no justice and without it there will never be peace.

Sassy wrote:No Didge, justice is when a crime happens and the criminal is punished, not when a crime is followed by another crime.   Many, many Palestians just tending their field have been shot and killed and the those who killed them have been just let off, or it has not even been investigated.   4 year old children have been shot buying sweets by soldiers and it has not been investigated and that is just the tip of the iceberg.

When the killing of Palestinians is taken seriously and punished by the Israeli courts, then Palestinians will know there is justice.   When an Israeli soldier deliberately crushed a US volunteer with a digger the Israeli courts let him off.   For one side there is no justice and without it there will never be peace.

Yes the criminal, not a country, you need to study the Nuremberg trials, it may give you a clue, where even after the Germans were defeated it was reconciliation that brought about Germany;s recovery.
Both sides do wrong, so unless you bring justice against both sides, your point is moot and again you ignore crimes from one side where I see crimes on both sides. You and smelly make matter far worse as you only seek to blame one side, where both are wrong, with individuals that act and where the whole nation is blamed for these actions

What did Mandela do when out of jail, justice or reconciliation?

take your time

Are you completely stupid, I was talking about the criminal. But when so many crimes are committed by one country against the people of another, and the country of the criminal lets the criminal off, the people of the victim are justifiably angry.

I ignore crimes from neither. Read the thread about the Israeli children, I have lost a child, I know what the mothers are going through.

When neither side protect criminals and both sides presecute them, including murders, land stealers, people who beat other people just for living, those who stop women given birth getting to hospital and force them to have their babies in the dirt, then peace will be obtained.

Sassy wrote:Are you completely stupid, I was talking about the criminal.    But when so many crimes are committed by one country against the people of another, and the country of the criminal lets the criminal off, the people of the victim are justifiably angry.

I ignore crimes from neither.   Read the thread about the Israeli children, I have lost a child, I know what the mothers are going through.  

When neither side protect criminals and both sides presecute them, including murders, land stealers, people who beat other people just for living, those who stop women given birth getting to hospital and force them to have their babies in the dirt, then peace will be obtained.

Ah back to the insults, what sassy does best when she is under pressure from intelligent answers


Again nothing will ever change the problems until both sides recognise the wrongs done, they seek peace and reconciliation, basing your beliefs as you do to blame one side which is what you do as smelly does is what has continued the conflict for over 60 years, where again you even end with the same pointing the finger of blame

There was an intelligent answer? Were was that then?

Sassy wrote:There was an intelligent answer?   Were was that then?

And there you have it, when sassy is faced with difficult responses, she replies with childish responses, how adult of her

No, where was the intelligent answer? I must have missed it.

More childish replies, to divert from answering!

should have watched the health and safety at work video before playing with matches shouldn't he??